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January 9, 2026

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[ January 9, 2026 ] MSTS Announces 2026 Schedule; Launches RaceSaver Series _Front Page News
[ January 9, 2026 ] 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Invitational Race Of Champions Field Revealed _Top Stories
[ January 9, 2026 ] Feature Winners: Friday, January 9, 2026 _Top Features
[ January 9, 2026 ] Kingshott Shoots the Gap to Win Feature at Perth _Top Stories
[ January 9, 2026 ] Goodyer Wins Sprint Car Power Tour Feature at Toowoomba _Top Stories
[ January 8, 2026 ] High Limit Event at Kokomo to Honor the Late Bryan Clauson _Front Page News
[ January 8, 2026 ] Ligouri and Henes to be Crowned Must See Racing Champions During Awards Celebration _Front Page News
[ January 8, 2026 ] Garet Williamson Locked In for Sophomore World of Outlaws Season with Fischer Motorsport _Top Stories
[ January 8, 2026 ] Hafertepe Returns to the ASCS National Tour for 2026 _Top Stories
[ January 8, 2026 ] More Dates Added to the Allstar Performance Open Wheel Calendar _Top Features

T.J.’s Notebook: Give Me Sprint Cars with Breakfast on Any Cold Winter Morning

T.J. reflects on another winter of sprint cars with breakfast, and why you should be adding it to your sprint car viewing next off season.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic

T.J.’s Takeaways from the 51st Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic.

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T.J.’s Takeaways From the 2024 Chili Bowl Nationals

See what T.J.’s initial thoughts were following the finale of the 2024 Chili Bowl Nationals.

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T.J.’s Notebook: Ferkel Was as Legendary of a Person as he was a Race Car Driver

Finding out legendary sprint car driver Rick Ferkel had passed away this morning was an extremely sad way to start out a new year. The loss of Ferkel is one that is felt literally around the sprint car world.

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T.J.’s Notebook: 10 Most Viewed Storylines of 2023

Find our what our readers felt were the 10 hottest topics of the 2023 season based on what they read on the website.

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Great Lakes Edition: Rankin and Wheeler to Tackle the Interstate Racing Association in 2024

The next step in Tylar Rankin’s career became evident on Monday with the announcement of Greg Wheeler Motorsports taking Rankin on the road to compete with the Interstate Racing Association next season.

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T.J.’s Notebook: High Limit Dominates PRI Headlines; Don’t Sleep on USAC Sprint Cars

The 2023 edition of the Performing Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis is in the books as people throughout the short track industry return home and focus on continued preparation for 2024. There was plenty of news to be had around the industry centered around sprint car racing.

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T.J.’s Takeaways From Butler Motor Speedway Landing at High Limit Series Event

T.J.’s Takeaways from the High Limit Series announcement of sanctioning the Mace Thomas Classic at Butler Motor Speedway.

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T.J.’s Takeaways from Wednesday’s High Limit Series Press Conference

After absorbing everything from the High Limit Sprint Car Series press conference and having a night to sleep on it, I have some thoughts on the information received in that meeting along with some other conversations and analysis I’ve done over the past 24 hours.

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Cars lined up in the pit area at Eldora Speedway. (T.J. Buffenbarger photo)

T.J.’s Takeaways on the High Limit Series Acquisition of the All Stars

By T.J. Buffenbarger On a quiet fall day what promises to be the craziest silly season possibly in sprint car racing kicked off with the worst kept secret in sprint car racing. With the All […]

4-Crown Nationals feature winners Logan Seavey and Zeb Wise. (Mike Campbell photo)

T.J.’s Takeways From the 41st 4-Crown Nationals

T.J.’s Takeaways from the finale of the 2023 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway….

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T.J.’s Takeaways from the BeFour the Crowns Showdown at Eldora

The opening night of the 4-Crown Nationals weekend is in the books. Here are some takeaways from the evening’s action.

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Great Lakes Edition: Butler’s Finishes 2023 Season on a Strong Note

Butler Motor Speedway closed the 2023 season with a bang on Saturday night that featured the point championship coming down to the line, a wild on track incident for the lead, and a celebration of the progress made so far at the high banked 3/8 mile oval.

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Trey McGranahan with his family and supporters after securing the 2023 Butler Motor Speedway track championship. (T.J. Buffenbarger photo)

T.J.’s Takeaways from the Season Finale at Butler Motor Speedway

After a wild night of racing to close out out the 2023 season at Butler Motor Speedway there is a lot to unpack in this edition of the takeaways.

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T.J.’s Takeaways From Friday at Port Royal

After an incredible feature event Friday night at Port Royal Speedway here are my takeaways to kick off Tuscarora 50 weekend.

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